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SF194 • 2026

Upper Red Lake and Red Lake State Forest land transfer to the Red Lake Band of Chippewa Indians requirement and appropriation

Upper Red Lake and Red Lake State Forest land transfer to the Red Lake Band of Chippewa Indians requirement and appropriation

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Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor
Kunesh
Last action
2025-01-16
Official status
Introduction and first reading
Effective date
Not listed

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Upper Red Lake and Red Lake State Forest land transfer to the Red Lake Band of Chippewa Indians requirement and appropriation

Upper Red Lake and Red Lake State Forest land transfer to the Red Lake Band of Chippewa Indians requirement and appropriation

What This Bill Does

  • Upper Red Lake and Red Lake State Forest land transfer to the Red Lake Band of Chippewa Indians requirement and appropriation

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Bill History

  1. 2025-01-16 House

    Introduction and first reading

Official Summary Text

Upper Red Lake and Red Lake State Forest land transfer to the Red Lake Band of Chippewa Indians requirement and appropriation

Current Bill Text

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A bill for an act

relating to state lands; requiring conveyance of certain state lands to Red Lake

Band of Chippewa Indians; requiring a report; appropriating money.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

Section 1.
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UPPER RED LAKE AND RED LAKE STATE FOREST LAND

TRANSFER.
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(a) The commissioner of natural resources must convey to the Red Lake Band of

Chippewa Indians for no consideration all state-owned land and real property that the

commissioner administers within one mile from the lakeshore of the portion of Upper Red

Lake that is in state ownership.

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(b) The commissioner of natural resources must convey to the Red Lake Band of

Chippewa Indians for no consideration all state-owned land and real property within the

boundaries of the Red Lake State Forest.

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(c) The commissioner of natural resources must identify any funding restrictions or other

legal barriers to conveying land and real property according to paragraphs (a) and (b). By

January 15, 2026, the commissioner must submit a report to the chairs and ranking minority

members of the legislative committees with jurisdiction over environment and natural

resources that specifies all identified barriers and gives recommendations for addressing

those barriers, including any recommended legislation to eliminate the barriers.

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EFFECTIVE DATE.

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This section is effective the day following final enactment.

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Sec. 2.
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APPROPRIATION; LAND CONVEYANCE.
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$20,000,000 in fiscal year 2026 is appropriated to the commissioner of natural resources

for conveying state-owned land and real property according to section 1. Money from this

appropriation may be used to acquire any land necessary to facilitate the required conveyance.

This is a onetime appropriation and is available until June 30, 2035.

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